Sir Walter RaleighYou have lived like a star at which the world has gazed, said the judge at Sir Walter Raleigh's trial. He was fortune's tennis ball, said another contemporary, to many others he was an arrogant liar. |
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... French marriage , Elizabeth not only had his hand chopped off but that of his printer too . This was a shocking and unusual barbarity . But nobody knew what was really going on in Elizabeth's ' deep and inscrutable ' mind , as Anthony ...
... French marriage , Elizabeth not only had his hand chopped off but that of his printer too . This was a shocking and unusual barbarity . But nobody knew what was really going on in Elizabeth's ' deep and inscrutable ' mind , as Anthony ...
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... French for some form of assistance , as a safety net if things went seriously wrong in Guiana . In case of bloodshed he wanted to be able to take refuge in a French port ; from there he would be able to gain time and start negotiations ...
... French for some form of assistance , as a safety net if things went seriously wrong in Guiana . In case of bloodshed he wanted to be able to take refuge in a French port ; from there he would be able to gain time and start negotiations ...
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... French commission , and the possibility of French ships joining them in the West Indies . A main task for Sir Thomas Wilson when appointed as Raleigh's guardian would be to wheedle out confidences about all this , holding out hopes of a ...
... French commission , and the possibility of French ships joining them in the West Indies . A main task for Sir Thomas Wilson when appointed as Raleigh's guardian would be to wheedle out confidences about all this , holding out hopes of a ...
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